An inspirational gymnastics star of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team was among eight people elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to Kerri Strug, the inductees for the year 2000 include Lello Efrati, an Italian boxer killed at Auschwitz.
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